Brian Towers, Education - 23 January 2009, Francis Almond, Chemical Engineering - 2019, Kathryn (Kate) Ames (ne Greaves), Psychology - 26 April 2018, Carline Antram (ne Sargent), Physics - 18 March 2019, Derek Bagnall, Mathematics - 25 February 2016, Robin (Chris) Butler, Production Engineering - July 2009, Julian Davies, Construction Management - 27 December 2013, David Grove, Industrial Economics - 12 November2011, Michael Anthony Harrison, Fine Art/Art History - 25 April 2013, Elizabeth O'Brien (ne Blainey), Sociology - 17 January 2012, Phillip Russell, Politics and International Relations - 2002, Jane Rutherford (ne Oldfield), Economics - 31 October 2012, David Raymond Short, Civil Engineering - 21 October 2014, Peter Staples, Theology - 10 December 2012, Clare Stride, Fine Art/Art History - 19 April 2006, Jennifer Ann Wilkinson (ne Marker) - 22 December 2022. Pamela Pullen (ne Gray), Grouped Subjects, Clere Richardson (ne Baker), Zoology - October 2010, (Eileen) Mabel Roberts (ne Alexander), Physics - 3 September 2021. Ever since University he maintained his marksmanship having learnt to shoot at University, and going on to represent the University with Col Shaw at Bisley. His M.A. Following graduation from Nottingham with a degree in French she went on to make full use of her languages, initially in London where she worked for a Belgian import business, then later in Kent following her marriage to John McElroy. Fiona has 13 years of academic experience in both the Irish and German Higher Education systems. His passion for science never left him and he continued to be well read and forever learning. Robert Alvey, Archaeology - 2018, For a full obituary, please seeDr Who News, Simon Mockett, Education - 17 September 2007, Leslie Sammons, Education - 30 November 2011, Alastair Senior, Mechanical Engineering - 2011, Olive Stephenson, Social Studies - 30 September 2013, Andrew Taylor, Economics - 15 December 2020, Ian White, Manufacturing and Operations Management - April 2008, The Reverend David Wilde, Philosophy - 2017, Simon Beckett, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences - 24 December 2008, Margaret Foster (ne Thompson), Primary Health Care, Elizabeth McCartney, Education - May 2010, Dr Angela Kershaw Snape, French - 6 June 2018, For a full obituary, please see news item published by theUniversity of Birmingham, Alan Trevor Roberts, Construction Management - 2012, Ann Roberts (ne Stirling), Education - February 2018, David Sharp, Mechanical Engineering - May 2006, Dr Fidelis Akagbosu, Assisted Reproduction Technology - 26 July 2019. B15 2TT. She is hoping that one of her grandchildren will follow her footsteps to the east Midlands. He had previously lived in Canoga Park and Woodland Hills, as well as Clear Lake (Houston), Texas. Certificate in Training and Continuing Education, Organisation, Management and Entrepreneurship. The company name was inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, a great favourite of Normans: This is the fictional Orbis Tertius (third world) described in Borges' story, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Born in Cologne in 1939, Hinrich grew up in Leverkusen. Fiona joined the Akerman lab in 2021 where she works on novel transcription . All rights reserved. Here, he met his future wife, Anna Roberts, a medical undergraduate. Lynn Cunningham (ne Litherland), Law - 15 December 2010, Diana Draisey (ne Kemp), Music - 31 January 2011, Geoffrey Danson, Agriculture/Horticulture - 2 October 2017, Raymond Allan Farnell, Mechanical Engineering - 28 February 2013, Michael Hardy, Education - 23 August 2012, Ann Hutchinson (ne Burchett), Physics - 23 August 2014, Dr Kenneth Lawson, Philosophy - 7 April 2017. Jennifer was brought up near Godalming in Surrey, attending Godalming Grammar School. Obituary kindly supplied by a friend of Tony's, Brian Playle. Peter was a big personality who made an impression on every room he entered. 7. She always carried knitting or sewing, wrote articles for Parish magazines, played the organ in several churches including Bawtry Parish church for the past 30 years and taught many piano pupils. Following his graduation with a BA in German and French, Ron taught for two years before he felt called to become a minister in the Baptist church. Matt received his secondary education mostly in Nottingham, and came up to University College, Nottingham in 1942 or 1943 graduating with the London external B.Sc. Bernard obtained his degree at Nottingham University College in 1948 before working for 2 years at GKN, Wolverhampton in lieu of national service. In 1982, she settled in the Seychelles as a freelance biologist, researcher and environmental educator, where she subsequently married Lindsay Chong Seng, a Seychellois biologist. Mum is and always will be very sadly missed. Demographic analysis of this type was still quite new as indeed were computers in historical research in the mid-1980s. He completed his working life with a spell in Community Pharmacy combined with undertaking inspection and consultancy work, eventually retiring to spend time with the family and grandchildren he loved. Fiona has 5 jobs listed on their profile. Obituary kindly supplied by the Montague family. 1, pp. Her first degree in Economics, Politics and Quantitative Methodsis from The University of East Anglia (1983). Tragically, in September, 1969, Ann was involved in a motor accident. He was intensely proud of his two children and their accomplishments and delighted in his 3 granddaughters who live in Edmonton and Vancouver. Biography. In memory of her dedication and outstanding service, the School of Medicine Executive Committee has therefore decided to name this award after Lorna in perpetuity. This was the only job I had that was not based at Dunton. The book makes an innovative contribution to literature on environment and development by bringing together a diverse range of analytical approaches and frameworks that can be used to study human-nature interactions. At Sheffield he supervised the Ph.D. of Stelios Hadjistyllis, and the two became firm friends, which led to a joint publication, A Companion for Students of Modern Greek (2006). He was himself in fact a beneficiary of that cause, since in 1950 he began to study at Fircroft Working Mens College in Selly Oak. Fionajoined Birmingham Business School in 2007. As a pet lover she even had a spell breeding Cavies. As a staff candidate at Sheffield John wrote a doctoral dissertation on the historical background of the works of the poet Simonides. Every year, this team of 10 helps ~300 people with disability benefits advice, resulting in payments worth a total of ~1 million pa as well as referrals for support on many other matters. You can send notifications of passing and your obituaries toalumni-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk. She is an historian who holds a Phd from the University of the West of England and has previously taught at the University of the West of England, the University of Cardiff and the University of South Wales (previously the . After graduating, Bob became a Maths teacher in Watford and Bedford and a further education lecturer in Kettering. He taught until his retirement in 1994. In addition to being a brilliant engineer, Robin was a proficient musician, most notably on the drums and trumpet, but also piano, saxophone, violin, and flute. Obituary kindly supplied by Ronald's Daughter Alison Killen. University of Canberra Bachelor of Creative Writing Creative Writing. In recent years he enjoyed visiting his daughter, now living in Nottingham. 34, no. Obituary kindly supplied by Dr Bryan Woodward. He helped to establish the first IVF clinic (the Premier Medical Specialist Hospital) in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, in 1996. Pell was appointed as Dean of Engineering in 1984 for a three year term and he retired in 1989 after 35 years service to the University. Richard was a town councillor for Rayleigh, Essex where he lived for almost 50 years in the same house. in Making climate compatible development happen., Chapter 1, Routledge, pp. He was the best friend you could have. Clifford Brown, Slavonic/French Studies - 2021. Initially, I was on loan from Finance to Systems for one year but stayed much longer.". Obituary kindly supplied by Gordon's son, John. She met Colin, her husband to be and also John Hewes, who became my fathers best man in 1952 when Mum and Dad married. Whilst living life to the full in Switzerland, has recently died due to a tragic accident. Bob suffered a major heart attack on his birthday, 1 January 2020, and died in hospital eight days later. In 1968, Dr. Westley and his family moved to New Jersey, where he took a job as Associate Director of the Microbiology Department of the pharmaceutical firm, Hoffman-LaRoche. He was Chairman of the Grove Fuel Cell Symposium and the first Chairman of the European Fuel Cell Group. Obituary kindly supplied by Marion's daughter Caroline. He then proceeded to do a PhD thesis on the geology of the Teign Valley in Devon which culminated, in 1959, with the award of his doctorate. He regarded his studies at Nottingham as three of the best years of my life and fondly remembered the delightfully rural location of the Slavonic Department in The Orchards in his day. She continued to work with a number of charities after she graduated. He then spent the rest of his long career in industry, first of all in the UK and latterly in the USA, where his initial misgivings about living there gave way to an appreciation of the American way of life. As he had done so well in Chemistry, as a result of his passion for explosives, he was put down for a Chemistry course at Nottingham but persuaded his Professor (Bates) to let him to change his preferred choice of Physics. Vaneeta never wasted an opportunity to be creative. Tim grew up living with his parents Janet and Philip and sister Alex in Kent. My father, Keith Finer Hutcheon, died on 16 February 2018 at the age of 89 following his admission to hospital with pneumonia. Ian William Merry was born at Ilkeston in 1926, the younger son of Scots parents, and he died at St Affrique, France, on 18 April 2007, just short of his 81st birthday. Whilst at University he made a television set at home, but as the only transmitter was in London, he needed to put an aerial on the roof - very nearly falling off in the process. Centre for Bioscience steering group committee member. 2017, Making climate compatible development happen. She was born and brought up in Hampstead, attending Camden School for Girls. He received his B.Sc. She was in a coma for many weeks and needed full-time care at home for the rest of her life. (ed.) David was born in Kent and moved to Higher Bebington in the Wirral where he was educated at Birkenhead School, which probably set him on the road to being the smoothest guy in the class. Peter was born in a small village in war-time England to parents Robert and Ruth Norton. This brought her much pleasure and purpose in later life. Fiona's interests and experience focus on natural resource governance and management in developing country settings, particularly within inland fisheries and coastal locations in East and Southern Africa, and on exploring the links between poverty and the environment. Mrs. Wilkinson is the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for 2019-20, having formerly held the roles of deputy and vice president. Professor Brian Lee, Cultures Languages and Area Studies - 8 February 2017, For a full obituary please seeUniversity press release, Professor Sir Peter Mansfield FRS, Physics / Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre - 8 February 2017, For a full obituary please seeUniversity press release, February 2017, Dr Frank Molyneux, Geography - 4 August 2017. fiona wilkinson university of birmingham. At West Leake, where he lived since the early 1960s, he had a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle on his 70 acres of land. There being no X-Ray Crystallography research at Nottingham University, Stephen set up the X-Ray Crystallography department, starting with a budget of 1000, in a 3m2lab which also served as his office. After graduating from the University of Cambridge as a chemical engineer, Derek joined ICI on Teesside. He spent much time researching the history of the Hudson family and farming, stretching back some two hundred years, and with the help of his grandson, Louis Hudson, and the rest of the family published a personal book for them all to enjoy. Friends and family will remember and miss a kind man always interested in what others had to say with a great sense of humour. There he worked in the Chemistry Department at Stanford University with Professor Carl Djerassi. Fiona has 2 jobs listed on their profile. His work at the University continued, and he was appointed Senior Lecturer in 1984. He never lost the practical approach to problems which his apprenticeship had given him. Subsequently moving to London, she became a training officer with the Borough of Lambeth, moving on to the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham becoming Principle Officer of Children's Homes there. Roger was a native of Nottingham and attended the Bluecoat School, before being offered a place in 1952 by the Department of Geology at the University of Nottingham, aged only 16. Obituary kindly supplied by Emma's mother Christine Beal and father Peter Beal. Geoffrey Tonge, Civil Engineering - October 2004, Patrick Washington, Mathematics/Economics - September 2016, Rodney Lester Casey, Chemical Engineering - 25 August 2013, Michael Coles, Chemistry - 4 November 2007, Terence Copley, Theology - 17 January 2011, Kenneth Doughty, Production Engineering - May 2012, Richard Fogg, Civil Engineering - 31 March 2019, Michael Hallam, Chemical Engineering - 10 February 2011, Simon Handelsman, Mining Engineering 26 November 2021, Elizabeth Henwood (ne Harding), Chemistry - March 2016, Arthur Holden, Chemical Engineering - 2 November 2011, Vaneeta Kilby (ne Butler), Classics - 22 November 2018. The plan is so vast that the contribution of each writer is infinitesimal.. Katy was imbued with a love of nature and the environment, an activist for education and conservation, committed to helping others to understand and enjoy the natural world. Unusual among British Slavists for the vigour with which she promoted relationships with Soviet and Yugoslav colleagues from the early postwar years to the late 1970s, she was one of the very few Western scholars in her field to receive an honorary doctorate from a Soviet university and to be decorated by the Yugoslav Government. Stephen Roberts, Nursing - 21 August 2017, It is with a heavy heart we have to inform the School of Nursing Students of 0309 Cohort (Adult Branch) the passing of a much loved personality. View Fiona Wilkinson's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. It was at Plessy where he famously saved time by liquidizing all the component parts of his breakfast before consuming them with inevitable outcome. After Davids death in 2013 she moved to an independent retirement complex in Cambridge. Stephen became secretary of the Crystallographic Group of the Institute of Physics, and the Chemical Crystallography Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry. This work led to conferences overseas, external examiner roles, books and articles. This was particularly evident during the past few years, dominated by the pandemic and a major restructure. He went on to complete a PhD at Nottingham in 1954 entitled The thermal properties of magnetic materials. After graduating she eventually obtained a post at the Public Record Office, now the National Archives. He and Gillian travelled to Ottawa in 1967 intending to spend just two years there to further his research career. They married in 1962 and had a son (Ian) and a daughter (Heather). Donald Lambley, Mathematics - 6 October 2010, Dr Philip Lawley, Chemistry - 18 December 2011, Peter Longhurst, Economic and Social History - 21 November 2009, Malcolm McDougall, Mining Engineering - 20 March 2019, William Millington, Mining Engineering - 1 October 2013, Harry Milton, Chemistry - 18 November 2010, Geoffrey Moreton, Electrical Engineering - 3 April 2015, Frederick Riddell, Politics - 8 September 2011, John Roddan, Agriculture - 30 October 2020, James (Jim) Saunders, Geography - 5 May 2020, James William Saunders died peacefully on 5th May 2020. Board of Directors. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020971573, Carmichael, F & Clarke, H 2020, 'Why work? Malcolm McPherson, Mining Engineering - 12 November 2008, Kenneth David Miller, Pharmacy - 20 June 2019, Diane Oldfield, Chemistry - 31 December 1999, Michael Owen, Mechanical Engineering - 11 May 2012, Dr Edward (David) Steel, Zoology - 17 October 2018, Ann Tollervey, Mathematics - December 1962, Christopher Wigzell, Philosophy - 10 May 2012, Geoffrey Woodruff, Pharmacy - 1 June 2007, Robert (Bob) Armstrong, Chemistry - 9 January 2020, Bob was an outstanding inorganic chemist, a stalwart of the Nottingham University Jazz Band and a dear friend to his close fellow freshmen of the 1960 intake. In parallel with his academic studies, Bob was also a trombonist, who played in the London Schools Symphony Orchestra. Obituary kindly supplied by Eileen's son Neil Roberts. He was married twice, first to Jenny in 1967 with whom he had two sons, David and Alistair; and second to Christine in 1981. Since 2000, he has been a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor on Sustainable Development at the University of Birmingham. The component parts were spread around the bedroom including a 2000 volt supply to the cathode ray tube. Fiona IRVINE, Head of Nursing and Professor of Nursing | Cited by 1,386 | of University of Birmingham, Birmingham | Read 42 publications | Contact Fiona IRVINE During his career, he became Head Teacher of 3 schools: Edna G Olds Primary and Nursery School in Lenton Nottingham, Waltham on the Wolds CE Primary School in Leicestershire, and Grasby All Saints CE Primary School in Lincolnshire. In 1964, Dr. Westley and his wife had a second son, Peter Miles. Needless to say; his friends and colleagues had nothing but respect for Richard's intellect but also his wit. Rons interest and skills in languages did not end with gaining his degree. He enjoyed snooker and darts and above all was a keen Liverpool Football Club supporter. When privatisation of the water industry was being planned he successfully opposed the inclusion of land drainage and flood defence. Before long she was organising nationally - she helped establish RaPAL, a national network of research and practice in adult literacy - and in the 90s set up some of the first student support centres in universities, including at Leicester and Nottingham. In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Sara has taken part in the London to Brighton cycle ride raising money for the British Heart Foundation, taken part in the Moon Walk in London in aid of the Breast Cancer charity, and several times taken part in the local cycle ride to raise money for the Cynthia Spencer Hospice. Birmingham. 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